TAB. XVII. 



TANTALUS Falcinellus 

 Bay Ibis. 



Class '1. Aves. Order J . Grallse, 



Gen. Char. Btak long, subulate, roundish, sub- 

 arcuate. Face naked. Tongue small. Jugular 

 pouch naked. Feet four-toed, palmated at their 

 bases. 

 Spec. Char. Face black. Wings and tail dusky- 

 green, shining. Body dark-chesnut, mixed with 

 green above, beneath paler. 

 Syn. Tantalus Falcinellus, Linn. Sysi. Nat. i. 241. 2. 

 Gmel. Syst. i. 648. Scop. Ann. i. no. 131. Kram. 

 El. 350. 2. Boroivsk. Nat, iii. 72. 2. Faun. 

 Helvet. Lath. Ind. 707. 



Numenius viridis. Bris. v. 326. 4. Id. 8vo. ii. 293. 



N. subaquilus. Klein. Av. 1 10. 8. 



Falcinellus. Raii Syn. 103. 3. IFillugh. 218. t. 54. 

 Id. {Angl.) 295. 



Le Courlis verd. Buf. viii. 29. 



d'ltalie. PL Enl. 819. 



Bay Ibis. Lath Syn. v. 113. 12. Arct. Zoo/, ii, 

 460. A. Id. Suppl. 67. 



Dr. Lamb, who possesses this bird, and has been so good 

 as to lend it us to figure, has also favoured us with the fol- 

 lowing account. It is the only British specimen known. 



** Length 2 feet 6 inches. Breadth 3 feet 2 inches. 

 Weight 18 ounces. Bill 3 inches long, incurvated, of a 

 pale horn colour, rather darker and much thicker towards 

 the base. Eyes as it were in the base ol" the bill. Irides dark. 

 Face naked. Head and neck of a pale ferruginous colour, 

 with fine transverse bars of white below the chin. General 



